Take Ed Wood's street-legal, Allison V12-powered 1964 Chevrolet Malibu, for example. The UK television show,Fifth Gear, took this particular British rocket ship for a top-speed run with its owner ...

When 500hp wasn't enough, Wood bought a military surplus Allison V-1710 V12 engine, the same engine that powered a multitude of World War IIera warplanes, like the P-51 Mustang and P-38 Lightning.